The Sanctuary is a grassroots effort of pro-migrant, human-rights, and civil-rights bloggers and on-line activists, dedicated to the enactment of meaningful immigration reform that is practical, rational, fair and most of all humane.
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- Weekly Diaspora: Immigration Impacts Everything 9:18am Nov 5
- Weekly Diaspora: Legislating Hate 7:37am Oct 29
- ALONSO DREAM Act Candidate Facing Deportation | UPDATE 12:16pm Oct 25
By Nezua, Media Consortium BloggerWhile many pundits and political analysts are musing about what Tuesday's mixed bag election results mean for Obama administration, New America Media reports that "there's another trend to watch; the surprising prominence of immigration politics." Even in states...
By Nezua, Media Consortium BloggerAnti-immigration groups and pundits cling to phrases like "Illegal Alien" because they only focus on foreignness and danger...
A MESSAGE FROM ALONSO:Sunday, October 25, 2009Greetings,I am very grateful as always to have your support. It's been three months since the day I started my campaign to stop my deportation....
By Nezua, Media Consortium BloggerFor the most part, it's been a good week for immigration reform. The Senate approved a measure that will end the "Widow Penalty," which rescinded applications for U.S...
I can barely watch Lou Dobbs. His excessive attacks on Latino immigrants continue to escalate and there is increasing evidence that there is a correlation between anti-Latino media like that of Dobbs and hate crimes against the Latino population....
A MESSAGE FROM ALONSO:My name is Alonso and I qualify for a legislation that is based on Earned Legalization; the DREAM Act...
By Nezua, Media Consortium BloggerA crowd of thousands gathered on Capitol Hill Tuesday, to lobby for and support immigration reform, as Debayani Kar writes for RaceWire...
Yesterday, thousands of immigration reform advocates converged on Washington to demand that Congress and the Administration live up to their promises to take up reform, and repair our broken immigration system...
Yesterday, Representative Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) unveiled his "principles for a new comprehensive immigration reform bill" amid much fanfare. An increasingly disciplined and organized migrant rights movement was able to bring thousands to Washington D.C....
To let CNN know they can no longer hypocritically distance themselves from Dobbs' anti-Latino and anti-immigrant hatred with appeals to Latino viewers, join the BastaDobbs campaign today and let your voice join the 50,000 others, who've in the last four weeks, told CNN "Enough!!!"
On Tuesday Oct 13th, members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus led by Rep...
I was at the Washington screening of the new CNN series, “Latino in America” last night and was, well, not too happy when I left the building. I...
By Nezua, Media Consortium BloggerAfter the shadowy Bush years, the emergence of reasonable policy can be a little surprising. Immigration law has suffered from a lack of planning and is often influenced by fear rooted in the Sept. 11 attacks...
A MESSAGE FROM ALONSO:My name is Alonso and I qualify for a legislation that is based on Earned Legalization; the DREAM Act...
Local law enforcement agencies are waking up to the reality that by assuming the role of immigration officers with deportation power, community trust is unraveled.MIDDLESEX COUNTY -- Middlesex County freeholders will end a lucrative contract to house federal immigrant detainees in the county jail...
